The pack was close together, and one wondered who would make a move. The last lap had some changing of positions, but, it was really decided down the final stretch as Camille Chapus sprinted to the lead and held off a fast charging Eleanor Fulton, who took second, and caught Alli Billmeyer.
Camille Chapus won the adidas Golden Spikes HS Girl’s Mile in 4:42.71, her personal best. Eleanor Fulton ran 4:42.90, her personal best and Alli Billmeyer, the young women who did the pace chores for most of the race, took third, in a personal best of 4:43.18. In all, seven of the competitors ran personal bests with such windy conditions!
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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